Locket.



PATENTED OCT. 13, 1903.

H. E. GLAP.

LOGKET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. s1, 1902.

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PATENT CEEICE.

HARVEY E. CLAP, OF ATTLEBCRO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSlGNOR TC THE DAGGETT & CLAP COMPANY, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOCKET.

`SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,308, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed January 3l, 1902. Serial No. 92,012. (No model.)

T @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY E. CLAP, a citi- Zen of theUnited States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved device for opening lockets and simiro lar articles in which two parts of the case are hinged together and are held in the locked position by a snap-latch.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the releasing` device and I5 in the combination ofthe parts, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure lis a vertical sectional View of part of the locket, showing the post and ring in zo connection with the unlocking-pin. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View taken at a right angle to Fig. l. Fig. Sisaside view of the cap, Fig. e a side view of the beveled pin, and Fig. 5 the tubular post, which form the three essential parts of the unlocking device. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of a modified form of the pin shown in Fig. el. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of part of a locket, showing one form of snap-latch. Fig. 8 illustrates another form 3o of snap-latch. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the locket, showing the hinge connecting the cover with the back. Fig. lO is a side View of the open locket. Fig. ll is an end view of the locket.

In the drawings, a indicates the part of the locket to which the tubular post al is secured. On the tubular post the ring a2 is fastened usually by inserting the ends of the ring into holes in the post, as is shown in Fig. l. The

4o part b of the loclzet is secured pivotally to the part ct by means of the hinge h at a point opposite to the post ed, and when closed the part b is connected with the part ct by a snaplatch. The snap-latch b2 (shown in Fig. 7)

consists of a tongue projecting from the part l), which enters the slot h3 in the part Ct. In Fig. S the snap-latch h4 is formed by two undercut parts, which snap one over the other to hold the parts together. Any one of the 5o usual snap-latches used on watchcases, sundboxes, and similar articles may be used to hold the parts of the locket together.

Articles in which the cover is connected with the body of the article by a snap-latch require some definite projection on the cover to be grasped by the fingers, so that the cover can be forced open. Such projecting part would be objectionable on a locket and would increase the cost. To facilitate the easy opening of the locket, I place into the tubular post 6o a the pin c, having the beveled end c', which in the preferred form forms a pyramidical end, one-half of which is cut away in the modified form, as shown in Fig. 6. When the modied form of the pin c is used, the cut-away part of the pin slides on the inner surface of the part a and wedges the part l) to release it from the snap-latch. W'hen the preferred form of the pin c is used, the conical recess c2 is formed in the part ct, into which part of 7o the beveled end c' enters, while the opposite part wedges the part b away from the part Ct and free from the snap-latch. In the preferred form I provide the tubular post ct with the annular shoulder a3 and place the prefer- 75 ably milled cap d over the blunt end of the pin c and the tubular post a by contracting the open end of the cap under the annular shoulder a3. By this construction the closing of the locket acts to lift the pin c and cap d, 8o and pressure on the cap d forces the beveled end4 of the pin c between the parts a and b, separating the same until the part Z) is released from the snap-latch. Usually a spiral spring is placed on the hinge-spindle to facilitate the opening of the cover formed by the part b. The ring a2 facilitates the operation of the device.

Having thus described. my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 9o Patentl. In a locket, the combination with the two parts, of the tubular post provided with the shoulder (t3 and secured to one part, a pin pointed at one end and loosely fitting the tubular post, and a cap secured to the tubular post by turning the edge over the shoulder as to retain the pointed pin in position, whereby upon pressure being brought to bear upon the cap the point of the pin will enter between roo In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 1o two subscribing witnesses.

HARVEY E. OLAP.

Witnesses:

J. A.. MILLER, Jr., ADA E. IIAGERTY. 

